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Strategic bombing of Japan
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Strategic_bombing_of_Japan
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties
hundreds of thousands of civilians
gptkbp:conductedBy
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:controversy
civilian targeting
ethics of atomic bomb use
gptkbp:endDate
1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Strategic bombing of Japan
gptkbp:influencedBy
Allied air strategy
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Curtis_LeMay
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkb:firebombing_of_Tokyo
gptkb:August_6,_1945_(Hiroshima)
gptkb:August_9,_1945_(Nagasaki)
gptkb:March_9–10,_1945_(Tokyo_firebombing)
gptkbp:objective
break Japanese civilian morale
destroy Japanese war industry
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service
Japanese civil defense
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
strategic bombing of Germany
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkb:Operation_Downfall
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkb:Operation_Meetinghouse
gptkb:Operation_Matterhorn
gptkbp:resultedIn
massive civilian casualties
contributed to Japanese surrender
destruction of Japanese cities
gptkbp:startDate
1944
gptkbp:targetedCity
gptkb:Fukuoka
gptkb:Hiroshima
gptkb:Kawasaki
gptkb:Kobe
gptkb:Nagasaki
gptkb:Nagoya
gptkb:Osaka
gptkb:Tokyo
gptkb:Yokohama
gptkb:Yokosuka
gptkb:Kure
gptkb:Sasebo
gptkb:Omuta
gptkb:Ube
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:weapon
atomic bombs
high-explosive bombs
incendiary bombs
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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